Kristin(Leight)WesleyMD

Psychiatry • Philadelphia, PA

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Kristin Leight Wesley, MD

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Office
3535 Market Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-7119

Fax+1 212-543-5356

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2008
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2004
Oxford University, Magdalen CollegeM.A., Classics and English literature, 1997
University of North CarolinaB.A., English, Highest Honors, 1994

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2015
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Roger MacKinnon Award for Outstanding Teaching of Psychiatry Columbia Psychiatry Class of 2013, 2013
Policy Scholars Program NYS Office of Mental Health, 2009
Alexandra Symonds Award Association of Women Psychiatrists, 2007
Chief Resident in Psychiatry Columbia/NYSPI Residency Program, 2007
Fellowship Award American Psychoanalytic Association, 2007
Circle of Excellence for Teaching Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2006
Highest Honors in English literature and Highest Honors in Creative Writing University of North Carolina, 1994
James L. Whitfield Prize UNC-Chapel Hill, 1994
British Marshall Scholar Oxford University, 1994
National Merit Scholarship 1990
John Motley Morehead Award UNC-Chapel Hill
Phi Beta Kappa
Honors Program UNC-Chapel Hill
Front Page Scholarship for English Durham Morning Herald
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transitions.
Kristin L Leight
Current Surgery. 2004-02-20

Journal Articles

Treatment of postpartum depression: clinical, psychological and pharmacological options.
Fitelson E, Kim S, Baker AS, Leight K, Int J Womens Health., 12/1/2010
Childbirth and mental disorders.
Leight KL, Fitelson EM, Weston CA, Wisner KL, Int Rev Psychiatry, 1/1/2010
The Relationship between Women’s Attachment Style and Perinatal Mood Disturbance: Implications for Screening and Treatment.
Monk C, Leight K, Fang Y, Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 6/1/2008
The Empathy Conference - (a review)
Leight, K., Joachim, N, Academy Forum, Summer, 1/1/2007
How will changes in resident work hours affect medical students?
Chen J, Kamath R, Lam A, Litrovnik B, Leight K, Miller S, Sawady J, Schultz A, Current Surgery, 5/1/2003
Transitions.
Leight K, Current Surgery, 3/1/2003
Subsyndromal depression is associated with functional impairment in patients with bipolar disorder.
Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K, Frye M, Gitlin M, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/2002
The LFQ: A brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome.
Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K, Psychiatry Research, 1/1/2002
Does thyroid supplementation accelerate tricyclic antidepressant response? A review and meta-analysis of the literature.
Altshuler L, Bauer M, Frye M, Gitlin M, Mintz J, Szuba M, Leight K, Whybrow P, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
Fluoxetine and norfluoxetine concentrations in nursing infants and breast milk.
Hendrick V, Stowe Z, Altshuler L, Mintz J, Hwang S, Hostetter A, Suri R, Leight K, Fukuchi A, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
An MRI study of temporal lobe structures in men with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Altshuler L, Bartzokis G, Grieder T, Curran J, Jiminez T, Leight K et al, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2000
Use of antidepressants during breast-feeding.
Leight K, Hendrick V, The Journal of NAMI California, 1/1/2000
Recognizing and Managing Clinical Depression: Depression in the Female Patient. Case reports monograph for Continuing Medical Education (CME) Series.
Altshuler L, Leight K, Pragmaton, 7/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death
Chapter: Transitions
Leight KEditors: Pories, Jain and Harper.Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill2006